Namco today announced it has signed a licensing agreement with Games Workshop to create games based on the fantasy Warhammer universe. Under the agreement, Namco is allowed to publish multiple games on PC and console platforms. Here's a bit on the fantasy Warhammer franchise (Relic used the sci-fi 40,000 series for last year's Dawn of War)

Games Workshop created the "Warhammer" world more than 22 years ago, as the setting for its wildly successful tabletop fantasy wargame of the same name. Since then the game has been released in 6 editions, had dozens of supplements, and been the basis for tens of thousands of unique model soldier designs, making it one of the most well documented and detailed fantasy settings in existence. The world itself is a dark and forbidding fantasy realm, where Elves, Orcs, Dwarfs, Undead, and many other races clash constantly in mighty battles seeking domination over each other. Meanwhile, the insidious forces of Chaos strive to undermine the basic fabric of society both from within and by the direct invasion of its legions of daemons, beastmen and warped human champions.